Iowa

Iowa is a Midwestern agricultural powerhouse, the nation's top producer of corn, soybeans, pork and ethanol, with an insurance and financial-services hub in Des Moines and a wind-energy sector that supplies more than half of the state's electricity. Its population is older and more rural than the U.S. average but has grown more diverse over the past two decades thanks to immigration into meatpacking and agricultural communities.

Capital: Des MoinesLargest city: Des MoinesNickname: The Hawkeye StateStatehood: 1846
3.21 M
Population
31st in the U.S.
$70,571
Median household income
$232 B
GDP
29th in the U.S.
145,746 km²
Area
26th in the U.S.

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